About New World Drums

Each of New World Drums has its own special beauty born of the combination of beautiful woods, careful construction, and attention to detail. Our drums are objects of art as well as functioning musical instruments.

New World Drums are made with a variety of wood - from hardwoods like Maple, Walnut, and Ash, mixed hard and soft wood accents, to Baltic Birch finished in various colorful shades and patterns. We use a variety of custom stains and dyes to provide you with a choice of color from rich natural wood grains to almost any color in the rainbow! We roll and weld the metal rings, form, dye and trim the drumheads, and lace the drums with tuning beads. We primarily use drum heads are made of goat hide, which has crisp highs and resounding lows.

New World Drums are very lightweight for their size, yet sturdy enough to go anywhere. Most drums range from 2-10 lbs. Play our drums in a cave, by a river, on a stage, in a studio, or in a circle around a fire. They can easily adjust to any situation.

About the Owners

In June of 2019 New World Drums was purchased by Lorrie and Jason Davis of Eureka Springs, AR. Jason, a musician, purchased his first drum from drummaker Doug Powell in 2013 and fell in love with the product. In 2014 Jason returned to Eureka Springs and purchased another drum. Jason used both drums to accompany other musicians in a variety of musical settings in Northeast Arkansas. Since then New World Drums continues to craft ashikos, pocket drums, and frame drums, and has expanded to produce new variations on the drums, and have added tambourines, jewelry, art, woodworking, and more to their lineup.